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I have never seen any handicap being given in a scramble. The only time I have ever heard a handicap coming into play is when they set a team minimum for the handicap. We play in an event every year that the team has to have a minimum of a combined 40 Handicap.

We do a 2 man scramble in my golf league for the season ending outing. I want to say it was 4-6 drives minimum per player and for the handicaps we divide each players index by 2 and add them together. It isn't a perfect system, but it has served us pretty well.

This is at a member club,is a members Saturday comp and has to cover a wide variety of ages and abilities though and hopefully give everyone a chance to compete. Its not like its a scratch open or anything........

Im now thinking 7 drives each,which leaves 4 shots open to either player.

Regarding handicaps:

50% of the total of their exact handicaps for a two-ball (So for example: 2 X 8.0 h/caps = 16 total. Divide by two = 8.0 shots)

And for 3 man teams 25% of the combined. So three 8.0 handicappers = 24 total,which divide by four = 6.0 shots.

If the 3 man team was then 3 X 24.0 handicappers their total = 72.0,which divide by four = 18.0 shots.

I think the 25% is more fair, personally because they have 3 attempts are each shot whereas every other team has 2. So that alone should save them 3-4 strokes on 18 holes.

In a 2 man scramble with my one friend, we would pretty much shoot 68-70 (both about 10 handicaps at the time). When we played with a 3rd person (who is a 30+) a few times we scored more in the mid 60's even though we didnt use many of his shots, whenever he hit a good one it benefited the team. That is just my experience but I think 25% is more then fair for a 3 person team.

And I would go with 6 tee shots for each of the partners (so 6 open) and 4 each for the team of 3 (so they still have 6 open to everyone)

I think the 25% is more fair, personally because they have 3 attempts are each shot whereas every other team has 2. So that alone should save them 3-4 strokes on 18 holes.

In a 2 man scramble with my one friend, we would pretty much shoot 68-70 (both about 10 handicaps at the time). When we played with a 3rd person (who is a 30+) a few times we scored more in the mid 60's even though we didnt use many of his shots, whenever he hit a good one it benefited the team. That is just my experience but I think 25% is more then fair for a 3 person team.

And I would go with 6 tee shots for each of the partners (so 6 open) and 4 each for the team of 3 (so they still have 6 open to everyone)

All sounds good - and logical ! Thanks for your help.

Jayhawk, on Aug 3 2009, 07:17 PM, said:

is there only one flight in this scramble? :scratching head:

Yup,not a big enough club and not a big enough field to have seperate divisions.

Instead of using a handicap average, why not take 80% of the average? Two 8.0 cappers playing a scramble should shoot under par without any problems. Take 80% of that so they get 6 strokes instead. Apply the same to everyone else. Yes, it really doesnt matter as everyone getting 80% equals out, but it keeps the net scores reasonable.

Two 18 cappers would get 14.4 strokes, while 3 18 cappers get 10.8 strokes.

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